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RE: Halloween Procrastination Adventure (Original Photography)
Great photos! #cemeteryphotos
I remember seeing a cemetery in South Dakota that had once been beside the church, but the church had burned down or been taken down for some reason and was no longer there. But they had the bell in the cemetery rather like the one that you took a photo of. They did have a placard up with a photo of the old church and an explanation of the bell.
I love your glowing pumpkin!
Interesting. Maybe this was something similar, though there is an old-ish church with another small cemetery less than a mile up the road. Where was the one in SD? I lived out there for awhile, as well!
I don't remember for sure, but some where south of Mitchell down near the Missouri River. I had gone out there to see the area where my great-grandparents had homesteaded near Avon SD.
Ah, I never got that far. I was living in Watertown for a couple years. It was one of the most desolate, boring places I've ever been. Seeing the old homestead would have been interesting. Is the house still standing?
No, they never had much of a house. It was more of a shack and they only lasted for 2 years out there before they came back to Northern Illinois.
After living in SD, I can't say as I blame them! Especially if it was near the turn of the century. Things would have been terribly difficult out there.
The stories of the hundreds of rattle snakes would have been enough to send me home!